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JimH:
Neil Young made a great attempt, but the scope of the effort was beyond his means.  I believe that his manager, Elliot Roberts, wisely kept him from over-extending himself personally.  Well done to both.

The team did a good job in spite of the problems.

I'm going to declare Pono done now.  I don't think Neil can bring himself to say this, but it's clear.

Why Pono Didn't Work
The hardware player needed a version 2 and it didn't happen.

The software player, PonoMusic World, timed out on December 31, 2016.  It was based on JRiver Media Center, and we would have been happy to continue serving, but Pono was unable or unwilling to pay what they had agreed.

Since Christmas, there have been two broken beta releases of the PonoMusic Vault, their replacement software player.

Communication about their plans has stopped.

Hardware service seems to have stopped.

Pono isn't answering their phone or their e-mail.

It's over.  It's time to call it as it is.

_zep.:
It may be true that Pono does not get their store running again

but I believe there are bigger reasons than the ones you listed [$$]

I have to agree with your first sentence though

Please continue your current support.

Baronpeloton:
Could be true. Hope they make it. Doesn't look good.

Liked the way Pono's download store dealt with internet glitches. If there was a dropout, Pono Music World automatically downloaded the corrupted or missing tracks a 2nd time. Many downloaders require re downloading the complete album, from the begining. With slow internet this takes forever. Often the internet will glitch again and cause a download - fail - download loop.

I hear JRiver supplied the downloader for Pono? If true, do any of the other US download stores use JRiver and work the same way? Looking for new options.
Thanks
Baronpeloton

JimH:
Thanks.  We also did downloaders for:

HDtracks
and
Acoustic Sounds

Baronpeloton:
Thank you Jim H. This is great news.

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